Wear-resistant plain bearings from igus are key parts in The Curfboard, a new type of sports equipment that combines a surfboard and skateboard and requires strength under extreme loads. Developers at curfboard, a company in Munich, Germany, chose resilient, maintenance-free and reliable bearings from igus that are made with the company’s iglide Z and iglide […]
inVia Robotics’ Picker, cloud management system built for autonomy, ease of deployment
inVia Robotics’ robotics as a service offerings are different from the competition in requiring less overhead and maximizing efficiency, says CEO Lior Elazary.
Smalley wins GM Supplier Quality Excellence award for 6th consecutive year
Smalley was presented with the 2017 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award, marking the sixth consecutive year Smalley has achieved this prestigious honor. 175 suppliers were presented with this award in 2017 … but Smalley was just one of five who have received it six years in a row. GM has been recognizing its notable…
Genstar Capital Sells MW Industries to American Securities
Genstar Capital, a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the industrial technology, healthcare, financial services, and software industries, announced the sale of MW Industries, Inc., provider of highly engineered springs, specialty fasteners and other precision components, to affiliates of American Securities LLC. During Genstar’s ownership, the firm meaningfully increased the…
Bal Seal Engineering publishes expanded guide for its seals, springs and contacts
Bal Seal Engineering Inc. has published an expanded guide describing the form and function of its custom-engineered seals, springs and electrical contacts, as well as the benefits of its engineering process. The 12-page guide, titled “Sealing, Connecting, Conducting and EMI/RFI Shielding Solutions,” uses photorealistic application images and descriptive insets to give readers a detailed look…
J.W. Winco Offers Metric Size Steel or Stainless Steel Spring Cotter Pins
J.W. Winco, Inc., a supplier of standard industrial machine components, announced it now offers GN 1024 Metric Size Steel or Stainless Steel Spring Cotter Pins. The GN 1024 spring cotter pins, which are RoHS compliant, are used for the axial mounting of bolts and axles, as well as an anti-twist mechanism. Due to their double…
High Pressure Springs from Lee Spring
High Pressure Springs from Lee Spring save space to enable compact product design by combining a unique range of performance characteristics to suit small applications with high load requirements. The Lee Spring High Pressure series matches small physical size with high force capacity operating over short distance and small deflections. High Pressure Springs feature heavier…
MW Industries, Inc. Launches Industry-First, Web-Based Service for Spring, Fastener, and Metal Components
Product designers and engineers responsible for specifying springs, wire forms, metal stampings, fasteners or other precision metal components for their products will now have access to an industry-first, web-based service that can guide them to the right solution in as little as an hour. “With thousands of products to choose from, engineers find themselves challenged…
Introducing the Smallest Wave Springs on the Market
The question you are asking should not be how many miles did I ride or how many steps did I take, but “how did someone make a wave spring that small?” As engineers around the world design smaller and smaller assemblies, the question becomes, where can I find the compact components to support my designs?…
Lee Spring Announces 2017 Catalog Release and Product Expansion
Lee Spring today announced the release of their expanded 2017 product line in conjunction with the release of the 2017 Lee Spring Catalog. Lee Spring adds over 1,800 new products for 2017 and now offers more than 25,000 stock spring designs. These products are available in stock and ready to ship from Lee Spring locations…